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AuditBoard to Be Acquired by Hg for More Than $3 Billion

May 23, 2024

Cooley advised AuditBoard, a leading connected risk platform transforming audit, risk, compliance, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, on its agreement to be acquired for more than $3 billion by Hg, an experienced and leading global investor in compliance, risk and accounting software over the last 20 years.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Anne Lieberman
Partner, Santa Monica
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Eric Jensen
Vice Chair, Palo Alto
Jodie Bourdet
Partner, San Francisco
Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Queenie Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Pat O'Connell
Associate, New York
Elizabeth Galvin
Associate, Boston
Daniel Han
Associate, New York
Ajay Athavale
Associate, San Francisco
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto

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Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9 Billion Transaction With Permira

May 13, 2024

Cooley advised Accel, a long-standing investor of Squarespace, in connection with Squarespace’s definitive agreement to go private by Permira in an approximately $6.9 billion all-cash transaction.

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Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Amelia Runyan Davis
Partner, Colorado
Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto

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Automattic Acquires Beeper

April 9, 2024

Cooley advised Automattic, a distributed company with 1,965 users in 93 countries speaking 119 different languages, on its acquisition of Beeper, a universal messaging application that combines 14 different chat networks in one inbox.

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Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Daniel Han
Associate, New York
Cristina Lombardi
Associate, New York
Matan Neuman
Associate, New York
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Michael Egan
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Karun Ahuja
Associate, Chicago
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

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Hootsuite to Acquire Talkwalker

April 8, 2024

Cooley advised Hootsuite, a global leader in social media management, on its definitive agreement to acquire Talkwalker, a top artificial intelligence-powered social listening solution.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Nathan Baum
Associate, New York
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Gerard O'Shea
Partner, New York
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Chris Stack
Partner, London
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Cara Buchicchio
Associate, New York
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Liza Cotter
Associate, Boston
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Erin Hilliard
Associate, San Francisco
Rachel F. Katz
Associate, New York
Chris Lynn
Associate, London
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Edward (Teddy) Nimetz
Associate, New York
Nick Perez
Associate, Washington, DC
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Associate, London
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

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ProfoundBio Announces $1.8 Billion Acquisition by Genmab

April 3, 2024

Cooley advised ProfoundBio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel antibody-drug conjugate therapeutics for patients with cancer, on its definitive agreement to be acquired for $1.8 billion in an all-cash transaction by Genmab (NASDAQ: GMAB), a dual-listed, international biotechnology company that creates and develops differentiated antibody therapeutics to fight against cancer and other serious diseases.

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Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Singapore
Rowook Park
Partner, San Diego
Ruomu Li
Partner, Shanghai
Jenny Ge
Associate, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Izzy Lubarsky
Partner, New York
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Sonia Nath
Partner, Washington, DC
Jean Park
Partner, New York
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Amy Hallman Rice
Special Counsel, San Diego
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Bae
Associate, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Ivy Wang
Associate, Shanghai
Monica Xu
Counsel, Shanghai
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong
Zhijing Yu
Associate, Singapore
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Diego
Letian Wei
Legal Consultant, Shanghai

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Rankings and accolades

Chambers USA: Corporate/M&A – California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro (2021 – 2024)

The Deal: Top Women in Dealmaking (2022)

The Deal: Dealmaker of the Year Finalist – Technology, Media & Telecom (2022)

The Deal: Dealmaker of the Year Finalist (2019, 2021)

The Deal: Women in M&A – The Powerhouse 20 (2018)

The Recorder: Trusted Adviser (2017)

The Recorder: Women Leaders in Tech Law (2017, 2022)

Lawdragon: 500 Leading Dealmakers in America (2023)

The Legal 500 US: Leading Lawyer in M&A: Middle-Market (2023)

The Legal 500 US: M&A/Corporate and Commercial (2016 – 2023)

The Legal 500: M&A Powerlist – US Region

National Law Journal: M&A/Antitrust Trailblazer (2016)

Memberships and affiliations

International Bar Association – Corporate and M&A Law Committee Officer

Berkeley Center for Law and Business – Executive Advisory Board

American Bar Association (ABA)

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Jamie discusses her career path, advising tech and life sciences companies, her work for MIRROR on its agreement to sell to Lululemon and more